A Mentoring Program for University of Bern Students Studying Abroad

Are you going abroad and are interested in developing your intercultural learning and intercultural communication skills?

MILSA is a mentoring program that will support you in your intercultural learning process before, during and after your study.

MILSA will

• Help you to facilitate your intercultural learning
• Help you to voice expectations about your study abroad
• Encourage you to reflect on your personal role and experiences and to develop cultural self-awareness in conversation with the mentor, with your peers and by writing blog contributions
• Support you in your social and cultural negotiation with the host country
• Help you to practice talking about the study abroad experience in view of your future professional life

MILSA is a collaborative project of the University of Bern and the University of Technology Sydney. It is supported by the Mercator Foundation Switzerland.